What a ball! My Appleseed shootin' buddy got his CMP Garand last month but wouldn't let me see it until he put the new stock on it. I asked him what was wrong with the old one and he said he didn't really like its looks, so he got a new one from CMP that was unfinished until he spent a couple of days working on it with sandpapaer, steel wool and tung oil and what a beautiful stock he now has and a great looking rifle to go into it.
I met him at the range to wring it out and when he pulled it out of his truck to show me he stood there with it in his hand, beaming like a fresh recruit out of basic training. The new CMP stock was a beauty and fit the rifle perfectly. Love the smell of tung oil on a nicely finished piece of wood.
Set up a buch of targets at the 100 yd line and went to work. He found his rear sight slips a bit which kept us adjusting it to maintain the elevation and windage but this rifle looked brand spankin' new. We could not see any part on it that looked used. Springfield made and for all intents and puroses, brand spankin' new - sharp rifling. We tried some PRVI 147-150 gn ball and this rifle shot great, under 3" with ball and lousy eyes and under 2" with some Winchester 180 gn and eyeglasses (lol) (hey - which target are we shootin' at.....).
We need to know how to get the rear sight to stabalize and not lose elevation or slip its windage and I'm wondering if there are any Garand shooters here who might have some advice on how to deal with that rear sight. Any thoughts?? Thanks.
